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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Peet J Van Eeden

664 Entries Found: Page 7  of  25
A False Plum Sea anemone is a decptive beauty with a nasty sting
Denuded Gas flame nudibranch. The lack of of densely covered cerata is unknown to me.
Playful Cape Fur Seal but he also shows his teeth as a warning
Gannet coming in for landing at Bird Island Nature reserve at Lambert's bay
Decorator Spider Crab busy re-organising its borrowed clothes
Twobar clown fishes protect their anemone home fiercely.
The Brainy Coral
The pattern of the coral resembles the convolutions of a human brain
Long legged spider crab. It is one of two spider crabs endemic to South African waters
The chameleon of the Sea
Its real name is “Beautiful Cuttlefish” and it is appropriate due to its beautiful warty mantle and three-pronged cirri around its eyes. It has the ability to change color and blend in with its environment.
Glorious Frilled Nudibranch
Finger Lickin' Good. False Plum Anemone stretching out its tentacles after a good meal
Shining Light. Colorful Gas flame Nudibranch
The Curtain. Filigreed coral- worms with their delicate white tube and their red feathery feeding branches
The Gate keepers. Sandy anemones occur also in gullies and collect passing food with their sticky tentactles. Sand also sticks to its tentacles therefore the name sandy anemones
Spiral of Life. The fan of the Red fan-worm demonstrated the Fibonacci sequence.
The beauty of the Feather Duster Worm
Ocean Basket
Basket star on a palmate sea fan
In a bed of Roses.
Basket Star in a bed of orange soft coral
Reaching for Gold
Basket star's arms stretching out on scrolled false coral
Unfolding sea-anemone revealing the less known side of it.
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Rock pool with sandy anemones
Crown of thorns-beautiful but destructive
Gas flame nudibranchs occur on both sides of the Cape Peninsula. They are highly variable in color from pale, yellow to dark blue tips. They feed on bryozoans and are the hallmark of The Cape Peninsula’s Nudibranchs.
The rare and endangered tiger rock cod. What a beautiful creature
Bed of Thorns
Sea anemone with a background bed of brittle stars
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In which direction do these blue banded snappers really want to swim ?
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Brittle stars interwoven with a palmate sea fan
664 Entries Found: Page 7  of  25